Doctor insights on:
Can I Crush Pills And Add Water For My Son To Take Them

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Check With Expert:
Always consult your physician or your pharmacist before smashing, cutting, crushing, or dissolving medication in any thing such as water, juice, soda, apple sauce or pudding. The delivery method of each medication is designed for specific reasons. Some meds can be crushed but many are designed with safety features and special delivery techniques. Some are rendered ineffective when dissolved.
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Not herpes:
In your message after my rearlier eply, you said your fever blister clears within a day of taking lysine. That proves it wasn't a fever blister (oral herpes). Once a vesicle (blister) appears, no HSV outbreak can heal so fast. Effective treatment (e.g. valacyclovir) shortens average duration from 10 days to 7. Search online for photos of typical oral herpes. Lysine doesn't work for true herpes.
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Ask pharmacist:
Suggest you first ask your pharmacist if there are any restrictions on taking the medication with food or milk. If not, you might try putting the tablet in applesauce or ice cream and then enjoy your treat.
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You can break the:
capsules and drink the powder with some water or mild juice, but it is better taken whole as capsules are designed to be digested slowly and the medicine absorbed with time. But if you must then you must. I would think of perhaps asking the doctor for the liquid formulation instead.
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Warding off colds:
You can take Zinc, echinacea and vitamin C. There are many preparations sold over-the -counter and a specific dosage is not recommended by the medical literature. It must be started within 24 hours to reduce symptoms.
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Azithromycin crush:
Yes the tablets can be crushed and mixed with water or food. As well it can be put through a feeding tube. It does not taste the best, however! would mix it with something to mask the taste (applesauce, pudding or the like).
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Swallow them whole:
The tablets won't taste bad if you just swallow them whole -- or maybe very brief bitterness. If you crush or try to dissove them in tea or anything else, it will be extremely bitter and difficult to swallow. If you can't handle the large pills, ask the pharmacy to replace them with the powder form of azithromycin, which is designed to be disooved in water or juice.
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Variable:
As this very much depends on which medications you are referring to .. be aware most "long acting", "extended release" and "sustained release" medications cannot be crushed otherwise you will "negate" the slow controlled release.
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Mix it:
You can try mixing the medication with juice, but aim for a quantity of juice you know she can drink easily. Alternately, you can look into the rapidly dissolving version of this medication. Ask your doctor if the dose of the rapidly dissolving Claritin (loratadine) is appropriate for your daughter.
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Chewables/liquids:
There are liquid over the counter preparations for this problem under several names. Some of the prescription meds also come in chewables, since most affected patients are kids.
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No single best:
This is like asking what is the best drug for hypertension or the best wine. There is no single best brand and different brands work best for given individuals and conditions. Here are independent ratings of many brands- all rated A or A- are excellent: https://labdoor.com/rankings/probiotics
A different ranking: http://tinyurl.com/zxlsalj
I also like OrthoBiotic from Orthomolecular Products.
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